Cruach Coire Fheoin
hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute · 343m
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name means 'hill of the windy corrie'. 'Cruach' is hill, 'coire' is corrie or cauldron, and 'fheoin' is the genitive of 'gèadh' (goose) or possibly 'fionn' (fair, white). The latter is more likely in a landscape context.
Word origins
- Cruach
- GaelicAttestedHill, stack(from cruach "stack, heap, hill")
- Coire Fheoin
- GaelicAttestedWindy corrie or fair corrie(from coire "corrie, cauldron", fionn "fair, white")